Rangers get hot at chilly Yankee Stadium

Big second period keys 7-3 rout of Devils

11:47 PM,
Jan. 26, 2014

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Josh Thomson

Told warmups would start as much as 90 minutes late because of a blinding glare from the sun, Henrik Lundqvist rested his eyes and lay down in the visiting clubhouse for a nap. Several teammates followed suit in an effort to kill time.

Soon thereafter, the Rangers' goalie woke up to learn his team would hit the makeshift rink at Yankee Stadium in just a half-hour - news that unsettled the meticulous Swede.

"I was half-asleep," Lundqvist said. "Mentally, I was somewhere else, so I had to regroup a little bit." ...